[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 20 (Friday, March 1, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1397]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2964. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2885 submitted by Mr. Grassley and intended to be 
proposed to the bill (S. 565) to establish the Commission on Voting 
Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations regarding 
election technology, voting and election administration to establish a 
grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil 
Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance 
to States and localities in improving election technology and the 
administration of Federal elections, to require States to meet uniform 
and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration 
requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:
       (4) Interaction with federal information.--
       (A) Access to federal information.--
       (i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Attorney 
     General, and the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service shall provide, upon request from a 
     State or locality maintaining a computerized centralized list 
     implemented under paragraph (1), only such information as is 
     necessary to determine the eligibility of an individual to 
     vote in such State or locality under the law of the State or 
     locality. Any State or locality that receives information 
     under this clause may only share such information with 
     election officials.
       (ii) Procedure.--The records under clause (i) shall be 
     provided in such place and such manner as the applicable 
     agency head determines appropriate to protect and prevent the 
     misuse of information.
       (iii) Duplicative information.--If a State or locality is 
     provided with access to applicable records under clause (i), 
     any other State or locality may access such records through 
     the State or locality that had access to the records under 
     such clause.
       (B) Applicable records.--For purposes of this subsection, 
     the term ``applicable records'' means--
       (i) in the case of the Commissioner of Social Security, 
     information needed to verify--

       (I) the social security number of an individual; or
       (II) whether such individual is shown on the records of the 
     Commissioner of Social Security as being alive or deceased;

       (ii) in the case of the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, information needed to verify whether 
     or not an individual is a citizen of the United States or 
     lawfully admitted for permanent residence; and
       (iii) in the case of the Attorney General, information 
     regarding felony convictions of individuals.
       (C) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any 
     request for a record of an individual if the applicable 
     agency head determines there are exceptional circumstances 
     warranting an exception (such as safety of the individual or 
     interference with an investigation).
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  SA 2965. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2885 submitted by Mr. Grassley and intended to be 
proposed to the bill (S. 565) to establish the Commission on Voting 
Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations regarding 
election technology, voting and election administration to establish a 
grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil 
Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance 
to States and localities in improving election technology and the 
administration of Federal elections, to require States to meet uniform 
and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration 
requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:
       (4) Interaction with federal information.--
       (A) Access to federal information.--
       (i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Attorney 
     General, and the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service shall provide, upon request from a 
     State or locality maintaining a computerized centralized list 
     implemented under paragraph (1), only such information as is 
     necessary to determine the eligibility of an individual to 
     vote in such State or locality under the law of the State or 
     locality. Any State or locality that receives information 
     under this clause may only share such information with 
     election officials.
       (ii) Procedure.--The information under clause (i) shall be 
     provided in such place and such manner as the applicable 
     agency head determines appropriate to protect and prevent the 
     misuse of information.
       (iii) Duplicative information.--If a State or locality is 
     provided with applicable information under clause (i), any 
     other State or locality may access such information through 
     the State or locality that was provided with information 
     under such clause.
       (B) Applicable information.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term ``applicable information'' means--
       (i) in the case of the Commissioner of Social Security, 
     information regarding whether--

       (I) the name and social security number of an individual 
     provided to the Commissioner match the information contained 
     in the Commissioner's records; or
       (II) such individual is shown on the records of the 
     Commissioner as being deceased;

       (ii) in the case of the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service, information needed to verify whether 
     or not an individual is a citizen of the United States or 
     lawfully admitted for permanent residence; and
       (iii) in the case of the Attorney General, information 
     regarding felony convictions of individuals.
       (C) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any 
     request for a record of an individual if the applicable 
     agency head determines there are exceptional circumstances 
     warranting an exception (such as safety of the individual or 
     interference with an investigation).

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